Rant ~ Fancy a credit card for dinner?
If you don’t,
I’m sure our sea life don’t want plastic for dinner either!
Plastic is like an alien, except humans invented it and it is invading our own earth. There is a lot of information about plastics in our oceans, from straws to plastic bags and now facemasks. Now another plastic conversation is hitting our insta and news feeds and that is the topic of micro-plastics. Micro-plastics as the name suggests are microparticles of plastic, some we can see, however often can not.
Just because we can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. In fact, micro-plastics are such a ‘big’ thing that there are now university studies that are measuring the levels of plastic contamination found in the seafood we eat. The University of Queensland has conducted a study that has found sardines and other popular seafood like prawns, oysters, and crabs have the highest levels of plastic contamination. So the sealife is eating the plastic in the sea and then we are eating the seafood.
Next time you are hungry and get the urge to eat seafood, why not just reach for your wallet, grab your credit card, and have a nibble. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? We apparently consume the equivalent of a credit card a week’s worth of plastic according to the University of Newcastle published by Reuters online.
Plastic is everywhere, it is not going away and our sea life is dying from ingesting it in larger bite-size quantities. Now we know that our sea life is consuming plastics in microparticles and in turn we are. Micro-plastics are in our waterways, and you just wonder if we will ever be able to rid our waterways from the plastic contamination. There are devices that claim to filter micro-plastics in our homes, which is a small step for consumers to take individually. Other than getting a huge filter to filter our waterways it’s hard to fathom rectifying the sheer volume of micro-plastic contamination. Small steps though. If we can reduce our reliance on plastic it would be a good start. If we can collectively focus on this, collectively our efforts make a big impact.
Plastic for dinner anyone?
Rant over ~
Background Research
Info on The University of Queensland’s Study on Microplastic Content Levels in Seafood click here.
Read reuters article suggesting we consume a credit card a week click here.
On the Ecoluxe Directory
There are a number of water filters on the market including Alka Viva click here.
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Anita La Forgia
Life learner, multipotentialite, lifestyle elevator and creator
A treechanger who cooks to elevate life. Anita is passionate foodie using local, quality and seasonal ingredients. Living in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria she frequents the local farmers markets each week, with her beloved luggy. Her grandparents instilled the life skills of sustainable living, before sustainable living was a buzz word. She grew up in a restaurant and completing her International degree at César Ritz colleges in Switzerland, the heart land of hospitality, food and service.
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